Handbook

Courses / qualifications may not be offered in all locations and modes each year.  For more information on Mode of Delivery, visit Mode definitions

The course specialisation aims to qualify graduates who apply a specialised body of content and pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions to:

• Plan, implement and advocate transformative teaching and learning in the field of early childhood education
• Enact policies and practices that take account of social and individual difference, ensuring that all children learn in supportive and just environments
• Work independently and collaboratively with children, colleagues and communities to construct and assess inclusive and intellectually challenging curriculum for children aged birth to 8 years
• Engage in critical reflection and continuing professional learning through a variety of pathways including research-based projects

The award of a grade of Fail (F) on more than one occasion in the same compulsory topic, may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Except with the permission of the Dean (Education):

• Teaching practicum topics may not be attempted more than once
• Students must pass both components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) by the midpoint of their degree. The standard resit allowance permits an initial test attempt plus up to two additional resits for each component (literacy and numeracy) of the test. Students may only be granted a fourth or fifth attempt based on the judgement of the Dean (Education). This cap has been determined by the Australian Government LANTITE Governance Committee.